Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2009Temple
Lamar McPherson
RB • 5'11" • Philadelphia, PA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Lamar McPherson leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
14
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · Temple
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Temple
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Lamar McPherson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · Temple. Lamar McPherson leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 137
- Rushing yards
- 110
- Receiving yards
- 27
Quick Answers
Lamar McPherson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Temple · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 137
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2009 Postseason · Temple
- Top game
- Buffalo
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Class 2009
- 2009 Scrimmage yards rank
- 129 scrimmage yards · RB 295th (top 66%) · Mid-American 120th (top 55%) · National 1,078th (top 52%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Temple | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Temple | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2009 Postseason | Temple | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 54.5 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Temple | 8 | 118 | 91 | 27 | 0 | 54.5 |
Related Context
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Lamar McPherson played RB for Temple. Across 3 tracked seasons, Lamar McPherson recorded 110 rushing yards and 27 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Temple.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Postseason
Temple paired 129 primary output with 38.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 38.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Win with 37 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Postseason · Temple
Games
8
Scrimmage Yards / G
16.1
Efficiency
38.4
Usage
9.3
Consistency
53.2
Best Game by takeover score
Buffalo
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UCLA: 11. Villanova: 9. Penn State: 27. Buffalo: 37. Army: 16. Toledo: 6. Akron: 25. Kent State: -2
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCLA: 1 by 95.8. Villanova: 2 by 46.9. Penn State: 3 by 37.5. Buffalo: 11 by 35. Army: 6 by 27.8. Toledo: 3 by 20.8. Akron: 6 by 43.4. Kent State: 4 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins16.4 · Games = 5 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses15.7 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Buffalo
Best efficiency game
95.8 vs UCLA
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Temple
2007-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2007200820092009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Temple | 8 | 20.9 | 3.4 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Temple | 0 | — | — | -8 |
| 2009 Postseason | Temple | 129 | 38.4 | 9.3 | 129 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Temple | 129 | 38.4 | 9.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Buffalo
Week 4 · W 37-13 · Conference game
Win with 37 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
67.8 takeover
37 scrimmage yards and 23.9 usage.
#2
@ UConn
Week 3 · L 17-22
6
Scrimmage Yards
47.8 takeover
Loss with 6 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
6 scrimmage yards and 4.2 usage.
#3
@ Akron
Week 11 · W 56-17 · Conference game
25
Scrimmage Yards
46.7 takeover
Win with 25 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
25 scrimmage yards and 10.2 usage.
#4
vs UCLA
Week 1 · L 21-30 · Postseason
11
Scrimmage Yards
43.6 takeover
Loss with 11 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
11 scrimmage yards and 1.9 usage.
#5
@ Penn State
Week 3 · L 6-31
27
Scrimmage Yards
43.3 takeover
Loss with 27 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
27 scrimmage yards and 6.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Postseason · Temple
129 primary output · 38.4 efficiency · 9.3 usage
54.5
#2
2009 Regular Season · Temple
54.5
129 primary · 38.4 efficiency · 9.3 usage
#3
2007 Regular Season · Temple
23.1
8 primary · 20.9 efficiency · 3.4 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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